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THE BOUNTY RECORD, ' $ Published Every Thur?day ? AT? TINGBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?nr ? G. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Some Chicago literary women ere pondering on the question, "Ilow to read a novel." There seems little use of reading it at all. If it is worth while it will be dramatized. The French postal service is in possession of an ingenious little mm Mne which not only automatically wrkiis letters and samples, but records on an Indicator at the side the amount required for stamps. When the nr He deposited on the balance exceeds the regulation weight llieindicator promptly hoists the sign "Too heavy." The trade with Greenland employs Dine vessels?live brigs, three barbs and a small steamer, with an aggregate tonnage of about 2000 tons. The fleet belongs to the Greenland Com pany, of Denmark, carrying on tlio trade for the Danish Government, . which fixes the price of what the Greenlanders have to sell and what is Sold to them. No Greenlaudev can buy a drop of alcoholic liquor at any price, and to make sure that the natives are not In any way exploited no foreigner can land in the country except by spe* . cial permission of the Danish Government. No one who appreciates the condi- ! lions of modern society can possibly . nndcrcstimate the fact that the stage j offers a wouderful opportunity for good or evil. Fortunately, during the present season, its work has not been in behalf of corruption, and this has been largely because the public would not have it that way, observes the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Equally, it has not been in the direction of piety and reverence. Its moral volnn hss heen as near the neutral line as the campaign of a politician who tries to capture votes in a etyse district. ' The ingenuity cf the inventors of firearms may be expected to produce the seemingly impossible gun that will J (shoot around a corner. The basis of I this hope is the perfection of a rapid- I fire arm which does zigzag shooting. ; 'At a recent test of new French artil- j lery at Harfleur the foreign military I attaches were surprised by the accur- j acy and the rapidity of fire of the j pieces, one having thrown thirty shots I In one minute and fifty seconds. A ' peculiarity of this piece is that, in spite of the automatic arrangement j Which holds the gun in place, tno shells fall in widely different places, By an adjustment of the copper cap which explodes the shell the latter cau toe made to burst at a shorter or longer distance and to deviate to the right or left. Without any change in the position of the gun and without any reduction in the rapidity of its fire 300 square metres of ground can be covered in zigzags. It is thought that a single piece of this kind could throw , an entire column into disorder. The Chicago Tribune recently pub- ; liehed a study of the earnings of ceritain classes of Chicago working peo pie. According to the showing of the Tribune there is a vast portion of Chicago's population whose earnings are 60 pitifully inadequate as to excite the wonder that actual starvation does not exterminate them. The investigation was conducted by Miss Nellie Outten, a graduate student of the department of sociology in the University or Chicago. Miss Outten found people working under almost unlfelievable condi tions or tutu ana com ana uaruness. The particular industry that she investigated was "finishing work" on clothing. The nationalities represented among the workers were Italians, Sw< lies, Bohemians, Jews and Poles. Women were four.d working whose average weekly wages did not exceed for.y cents, or a little u.-s than $21 a year. The statement is made that the average of the wages paid in the sweat-sheas is cniy $77 a year. The a vera go o.' the earnings 01' a whole family is rat down at cniy $207.71) per f anna; :. Miss Ouiten adds to all this the s; :."iiKiii that wages are steadily falling. / & ? \ i f ' THE PRUDENT IN CALIFORNIA. [ [ He Sees a Wonderful Lard and is Mew By flany Sin.ling People. Redlands, Cal., Special.?President McKinley and his party enter "the Land of Fruit and Flowers" shortly alter midnight. The Colorado river was passed at Yuma. The firs, glimpse of California Wednesday ir.orning was not prepossessing, but if. was a novel sight. The train was running through the bed r\f o r? on/'iort colt CCQ cniltll nf fflH MO jave Desert, it is 200 feet below the sou level, and is a white sheet of encrusted salt which is plowed up as Eastern farmers plow their lields. This was passed very early in the morning. The train was mounting a goitrous pass between snow-capped mountain peaks when the President first looked from his car window. The mountains were covered with verdure to the snow line and to the foothills on both sides stretched waving fields of wheat. Soon after the train entered San Bernardino :ounty, famed for its wonderful fruits, ind hurried along through green, enihaniing orange groves, orchards of citrus fruits and gardens of beautiful Sowers. At every little station were froups of smiling, happy people. The fvomen and children held roses in their irm3 and pelted the presidential car with them as the train rushed by. Redlands. the first stop in the State, was reached at 9 o'clock. Here great preparations had been made to welcome the President and hjs party. Governor Gage and the Senators and Representatives in Congress had gathered to welcome the Chief Executive to California. A company of local militia and the high school cadets escorted the party to the hotel through lanes of :heering people. Oranges were profusely used in the decoration, while the marshals of the parade wore orange ribbons across their shoulders. The exercises took place on the fiowerde-decked balcony of the hotel, in plain view of the thousands gathered below, j An Indian band fr -m ?''?? school at J "aris, Cal., piayca painoxic una, nuns the President e\<.:11; r.! greetings with Governor Gage and the distinguished assemblage on the platform. The mayor of Redlands introduced Governor Gage who. iu eloquent language that aroused an enthusiastic echo from the audience, welcomed the President and extended to him the j freedom of the State. The President's response, delivered in graceful style. Jrew repeated cheers. The exercises were followed by a drive of an hour and a half through the orange-growing section. Big Fire in August". Augusta, Ga. .Special.?What looked to be a fire that would stop only when it had wiped out the ootlon storage district of Augusta, broke out in one of the storage compartments of the I'nlon Compress Company's building at 1 o'clock Wednesday. When the blaze was discovered it had gained sufficient headway to cover the roof cf the building before the alarm could be responded to. An alley way about six * too r>r>-nnress and reei v.iuc ??, Phinizy & Go's warehouse. The high breeze that was blowing in a very short time swept the flames over :li" heads of the firemen to this building, in which was stored 1 20) bales of cot- j ton. From here It was blown to J Whitney & Company's warehouse and serened beyond the control c? 'be do- j I-artment i Cotton Oil Hill Combine. Norfolk. Va., Special.?Work Is st:ll j in progress here to organize the inde- j ?cor-fi nil factories of ! jn.*u?ic?c v ^w%. North Carolina in concert with the similar movements in other Southern State3. The organization is no', vet perfected. The object is to regulato the purchase of seed in di trleis tilbutary to the various mills an 1 save unnecessary freight charges and otherwise conserve the interests of the independent oil producers who are outside of the American Cotton Oil Can fc.any. W. S. Harvey, of Philadelph a. came to Norfolk several days ago for this purpose and meetings have been t held here for several da vs. There | were present besides r. Harvey, Fr d Oliver, of Charlo.te; .1. J>. Odoni, of j Rocky Mount, N. C.;M.C. Winston and j N. B. Edgerton. of Salem, N. C : a::d j F K. Bowden and Henty We.l, cf North Carolina. Killing at No. fo.k. Norfolk. Special.?Wallace Ethri igc shot and killed Carlyle D. F-h up, in a Avon street saloon, where both h.d been drinking. Both yonug men a woll connected. Ethcridge is a son cf Dennis Elheridge, president of the Merchants and Farmers' Pear.ut Company, of Norfolk. Shipp v.as a sou if the late Walter Shipp. It is said tn .t fho n-rmhlp ums over a woman. E.he ridge is at the police station charge with the murder. \V. H. Cardwile, cn employe of the Seabaord Air Line, ilocked up charged wAh being an accessory. L To Buy >ex?*v.? 7 5'rrrd Mexico City, Sy rial.?William Astor Chanle: and C. Ik V.'ctmore, of New York ,are in the city to purchase, it j i I. the lii (i A- N vthoasiern Itaiiv.ay. It is understood they have ii.cdt a deposit oi t-. ',u ?0. The price ol the road is $o.0iX),iCt>. It run3 from tbij city to Pachuca. ANOTHER COMBINE The Ship-Building Combine The l atest Trust Formed. THE CAPITAL STOCK $75,000,000. Contracts For $35,000,000 Worth of Ships Already on Hand?The Board 1 of Directors. New York, Special?A circular has been Issued by H. W. Poor & Co., regarding the organization of the United Stairs Shipbuilding oCnipany, under the laws of New Jersey, to acquire the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, the Union Iron Works at San Francisco; the Bath Iron Works, limited, and the Hyde Windlass Company, of Bath. Me.; the Crescent Shipyard, and the Samuel J. Moore & Sons' Company, of Elizabc-thport, N. J., and the Canada Manufacturing Company, of Carteret, N. J. The total ana al capacity is estimated at 380,000 tons. The following have 1 consented to serve on the board of directors: Henry T. Scott, president of the Union Iron Works; Lewis Nixon, Crescent Shipyard; Chas. J. Canada, president of the Canada Manufacturing 1 Company; John S. Hyde, president of 1 the Hyde Windlass Company; E. W. Hyde, president of the Bath Iron Works, limited; C. B. Orcutt, presider.. ' of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company; H. E. Huntington, first vice president of the South- 1 ern Pacific Company; Irving M. Scott, ! vice president of the Minneapolis 1 St. Louis Railroad; E. H. Harriman, chairman of the board. Union Pacific 1 Railroad, and Janes StMlman. prcsi- i dmt of the National City Bank. Other directors will be named after the co n- i pany is constituted. The aggregate of orders now in hand of the constituent companies is said to i exceed $63.0^0.000, covering an average- t of IS months for completion od whicj i ii j,. f nnn eiv, lliU t'SllJliiUCii J.': Wiiio 13 UIC1 ?i ,v??,v? The company will be authorized undir Its charter to issue capital stock as follows: Preferred stock (7 per cent, non-cumulative) $12,5(0,0C0; contmon stock $"2.".00,030. The plan will becom# operation as soon as the orgaDizaticf notify the Mercantile Trust Company as depository that the corporation has acquired the properties of thy constituent companies. To Demand Eigh Hour Day. Wilkesbarre, Special.?The machinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers and laborers employed in all the shops of the Lehigh Valley Railway, between No? York and Buffalo have presented a po tltlon to the officials of the road asking for a reduction in tie hours of labor from ten to nine. On May 1st, the machinists, it is said, all over tic country will demand an cight-hou* day and the petition of the machinist? of the Lehigh Valley Company is In compliance with an order already promulgated by the Machinists' Na tionp] Union. j Coal Tax Adopted. London. lly Cable.?There was ua : usual animation ami attendance in * the House of Commons when the last ^ installment of coal ta:. resolution de 1 bate was opened by Sir Edward Grey. Liberal, who defined the moas- 1 lire as harsh and oppressive. The 1 House adopted the coal tax by a vote of 333 to 227. R'chmohd Accepts. Richmond, Special.?The hoard of < aldermen voted to accent the ofer of >Tr. Cc.rn"rie. to eont-ihvte $100.- j 000 to establish a public library her". < provided the city furnish the site and < $10,000 per annum to its support. T;ie common council had already vote) | to accept the ofor. Standard Oil $842 Per Share. New York, Special.?The Standard j Oil Company, of New Jersey, has de clared a dividend of $12 per shar ( payable Juno 15. In March $20 was , paid. Last year's four dividends wcr> $20 in March, $10 in June, $S in Sep tember anil $10 in December, xne , stock sold on tbe curb at $S42, the highest on record. I TELEGRAPHIC TER5ITIES. Nearly 1,000 immigrants are arriving at New York on each of the big ocean liners. The miners at Linton, Ind., have returned to work. Mrs. Dewey, wife of the Admiral is rapidly recovering from an attack of tonsolitis. Tbe position of steamboat boiler in spector at Manila, is reported at Wash- ' ington, D. C.. to be going begging. ' Cardinal Gibbons sails for Komr 1 next Saturday. i The British steamer Ophir. having | on board the puke and Duchess ol , Cornwall and York, has arrived at Albany, western Australia.' She reports all well on board. c ? ? ,- ? r> o ' v l " ' r c J-L ... Cix- I'O Cotton Doing Better Under Improved Weather CcnJ.tions. The week ending Monday, May Ctii, averaged warner than usual, being the firet week of the present season with tempoiatures above the normal. Maximum temperatures of 9J or above, occurred generally on the first three days of May, with an extreme maximum of 96 at lackville on the 4:h; the minimum for the week was 40 at Greenville and Kingstree on April 29th, on which date light frosts occuricd at numerous points, but without doing material damage. The rainfall for the week was very light, and confined entirely to the western counties bordering on North Carolina. The ground has become dry over the eastern half of the State, where there Is a marked deficiency in uie seasonable rami an, wium over try whole State rain Is needed to stimulate plant growth, to germinate recently planted seeds, to facilitate transplanting tobacco and to soften the baked and crusted soil so as to permit young sprouts to come up. Truck is suffering severely for rain and yields have been materialy diminished by the drought. Wheat and oats also would be greatly benefitted by showers at this time. Corn improved in appearance, stand and color, although stands continue generally poor and broken. I^ate plantiugs are coming up better. Corn ha3 not all been planted over the western counties, and bottom lands are new being pr-pared for corn. Over the ctn tral and eastern counties, corn is receiving its first cultivation, but it is small for the season. This crop ne. ds rain at present. Cottou that was recently planted h coming up nicely where the soil is moist, but over two-thirds cf the State it was necessary to replant from oneholf tn lin.Oitrilc: nf thr? f?rsttr?n that was planted previous to April 15th. Sped continues scarce, and there is a riiver.-.ity of opinion as to the effect of so much replanting, some correspondents noting a decrease in the average whiLe many of thecn believe the acreage will not be materially decrees :d thereby. Planting is about finished. Bea-island cotton is dwarfed, and mm a replajiting is necessary. Tobacco transplanting is delayed by drought, and it is not more than twothirds finished, although some farmers are setting out plants and watering them. Rice is doing well. Wheat has improved and is heading. Cats very greajtly in condition, but in most localities continue promising, although generally heading low. With many exteptions, peaches, pears and plums will be plentiful, but apples are less promising. Truck shipments are compara lively light. Strawberries are ripen ng generally. Gardens and pastures need rain. Melons have poor stands and much replanting has been done. Few Insects, except Colorado beetles ob white potatoes, have made their appearance. Sweet potatoes rotting in beds. Trua Bill Against Express Robber. Charleston, S. C., Special. ?Th? grand jury of Orangeburg county found in indictment against Bartow Warren, for robbing an express car of abort ?1,SOO, near Branchville, on the Southcm railway, in December, 1S9&. A ir.'.d bill was given out immediately aft;r Lhe robbery, but was withdrawn. Meanwhile new evidence has strengthened the express company's case material y Warren's trial begins on next Monday. Charleston Sends Help. Charleston, S. C., Special.?Mayor J. Adger Smith forwarded to Jack onvilie $1,C00 on behalf of Charleston. Mayor Smith also issued a call frr c n tributions from citizens geneialiv. I "Hi?so are coming in rapidly and i" i? j believed that a considerable sum w II be received here for the sufferers Ir the great fiie. Spenker Henderson's Room RntPred. Washington, D. C., Special.?Some time Sunday or Monday night Speaker Hendersoifs private room at the capitol was Lroken into and the desk3 1 \ .. ^ Whflthftr tilP .111*1 UUAC.1 A amiliu0wu. IV abject of the search was attained is lot known. A groat many documents ind papers were displaced and scatered about, and afterward an attempt ?cems to have been made to break nto the room of the ways and means ouimittee, a few steps away. The :-apitol police are said to have no [ lew. There are some articles of value in the room, but none of these were taken. Treasurer Absent. Cleveland, Special.?The doors of [he Cuyhago Savin?.? and Banking ["o.npany. at 14(11 Woodland avenue, Acre not opened for business on aeount of the absence of It. U. Pollock, die treasurer, whose,whereabouts are ;ot known. A receiver has been appointed. The bank has individual de posits of $314,966. ' - ' . ' .. . "-'7^0 ' . 'Vj A RioTKlEriii. Men and Boys Gpposs the Police ia Great Numbers. ALL ABiiUT SINGLE TAX EXdORTEfc Twelve Citizens and Five Pollcemeifc Hurt?Mayor Makes a Speech ? Much Excitement Prevails. Detroit, Mich., Special.?Fully li.OCO , men and boys ran riot in the mala A streets of this city for mere than three- " hours, and a continual running fight with the police, both mounted and ou foot made an exciting night In tho heart of the city. Tlie not result, so far as known, is twelve citizens and five policemen injured. The name3 of but two of the citizens are known at present. They are Mike Waldin and. Louis Caplin. Both men had their heads crushed by being trampled on by horses ridden by the mounted police in a charge on the crowd. The officers injured Sre james Tumoey, scalp cut by brick; Henry Scott, hit on head w'th cobblestone; Thomas Murphy, cheek cut open with brick; George Mcore badly cut about the head by brick and taken home in an ambulance; Barney Roonan. hit with a brick. The beginning of the riot was Friday night when the director of the police, Frank T. Andrews, who recently superseded the old police board througlh the passage of the Ripper bill by the Legislature, issued an order to the police to allow no one to stand ahout tho wagcfn of one Tom E/.wdon, a local single-tax exhorter, who had incurred theUl-will of the police director by the extraordinary nature of hi3 remarks on so-called wealthy tax-clodgers. The Baptists in S.'sdon. New Orleans, Special.?The fortysixth annual convention of the Southern Baptist Association opened Friday. Prayer was offered by Hon. Josiah Lovering, of Baltimore. Nearly 1,500delegates were present, among thom Governor W. W. Heard, of Louisiana* and Governor A. H. Longino, of Mississippi. The convention elected the fallowing officers by acclamation: President, Former Governor W. J. North en, of Georgia; secretary, Lansing Burrows, of Nashville; and O. F. Gregory, of Baltimore; vice president* Governor ^. W. Heard, of Louisiana; Governor A. H. Longino, of Mississippi; ex-Governor J. P. Eagle, of Arkan- ^ sas, and Rev. T. T. Eaton, of Louisville. As a result of the appeal of Rev. W. A. Hobson, of the First Baptist church, of Jacksonville, the convention subscribed $2,995 for the en- v tire sufferers In that city, and $t!2 for the pastor, who escaped with cn'.y the clothes he wore. Dr. B. M. Palmer, the distinguished Prcsbytrelan in whosp ehuroh the convention is held, made a stirring address of welcome. The main work of' the day was hearing reports of committees and boards. The Sunday school board reported havtng raised $7S,d80' for th e work during the year. Ths home mission board reoortcd 811 lr.Ts Bionaries, 2,660 churches and stations 13,800 additions, 100 churches bullf, :>'U Sunday schools established, all the States except two showing increased contributions. The board also discussed the negro qu st rns and Cuban evangelation and asked for JJOO.OCO for th* work this year. Dr. Millard, of Baltimore offered $1,000 a year from rh9 pastors of Baltimore for co-opera'ive work, provided the convention wou'd appropriate $3,000 annual'y. At night Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of the Southern Theological CVil g\ at Louisville, preached the convention s>rmon. Charleston Wants Buffalo Show. Washington, D. C., Special.?Director G an oral AverJll, of the Inter-State and West India Exposition, aC Charleston, S. C., conferred with Acting Secretary of Agriculture Brigham over tie Department of Agriculture exhibits at Charleston for apart of the exhibit n">v? ^ at the Buffalo Exposition. Action on ^ the request was deferred until June * 14th. when there will be a meeting at Buffalo to consider the ruater. S'arch Factories Shu! Down. Indianapolis, Intl., Special.?Orders have been received at the 12 or 15 factories of the National Starch Company. including the factory in this city, to get ready to close down, until the corn market shall become settled again. The price of starch, it is said, has not kept pace with the price ol corn and there is no profit in buy;ng corn at the present prices, to make into starch. ' ( jj